British fisherman lands 212lb catfish

[Pert_UK]

"A fisherman's holiday that ended with a monster catch in Spain left him reeling from the weight of his 7ft 7ins record-breaking haul.

When the 212lb catfish took the bait and Duncan Rooke, a 32-year-old gas engineer from Surrey, picked up his rod, he said the weight was "obscene".

He said five people were needed to help bring the 15-stone fish on to the banks of the Ebro, near Barcelona, in July...

The proud fisherman - who weighed a stone less than his catch - burped the fish and rubbed its stomach before sending it back into the river. "You have to make sure they get plenty of water in their gills and get rid of all the air out of their stomachs," he said."



WOAH!!!!

[Romulus]

1. catch and release?

holy cow! That's a big fish. I am used to seeing 50lb'ers in the news, but not 212lb. . . and it's great that it lived to swim another day. I have mixed results with the red-bellied sunfish that I release. Some guys do well, others don't . . .

[bearfan454]

2. Damn big fish !

Wow !

[TX-RAT]

3. burped the fish and rubbed its stomach ?

Could at the very least offered to buy it dinner.